Minnesota Session Laws - 2001, Regular Session

                             CHAPTER 31-S.F.No. 274 
                  An act relating to professions; extending the 
                  expiration date of the respiratory care practitioner 
                  advisory council; providing for cancellation of 
                  athletic trainer registration for nonrenewal after two 
                  years; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 
                  147C.35, subdivision 2; and 148.7809, subdivision 4. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 147C.35, 
        subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 2.  [ORGANIZATION.] The advisory council shall be 
        organized and administered under section 15.059.  The council 
        expires June 30, 2001 2003. 
           Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 148.7809, 
        subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 4.  [LAPSE OF REGISTRATION STATUS.] (a) Except as 
        provided in paragraph (b), an athletic trainer whose 
        registration has lapsed must: 
           (1) apply for registration renewal under this section; and 
           (2) submit evidence satisfactory to the board from a 
        licensed medical physician verifying employment in athletic 
        training for eight weeks every three years during the time of 
        the lapse in registration. 
           (b) The board shall not renew, reissue, reinstate, or 
        restore a registration that has lapsed after June 30, 1999, and 
        has not been renewed within two annual renewal cycles starting 
        July 1, 2001.  An athletic trainer whose registration is 
        canceled for nonrenewal must obtain a new registration by 
        applying for registration and fulfilling all requirements then 
        in existence for an initial registration. 
           Presented to the governor April 20, 2001 
           Signed by the governor April 24, 2001, 10:05 a.m.